Army helicopters crash in Alaska, killing three

The two U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters from Fort Wainwright collided while returning from a training flight, according to a news release from the Army. There were two soldiers aboard each helicopter. Two soldiers died at the scene and a third died en route to a hospital. The fourth soldier was injured in the crash and was being treated at the hospital in Fairbanks. The soldiers were not immediately named, pending next-of-kin notifications. The crash is being investigated by a team from the Alabama-based Army Combat Readiness Center.

Have there been other military helicopter crashes recently? In March, two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Kentucky, killing nine soldiers. Authorities recovered the helicopters’ “black boxes” earlier this month. In February, two soldiers were injured when an Apache helicopter rolled after takeoff in Alaska. 

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